Handheld. Noticed the moon setting as I headed out at sunrise. 70-200mm 1/2000 at f/7.1 ISO 800 
Archive for May, 2016
Moonset At Sunrise
Posted in 5DMII, Handheld on May 28, 2016 by budbranchUltralight Salute
Posted in 5DMII, Handheld, sky on May 27, 2016 by budbranchNeighbor Chris throws the Shaka sign over Taos Canyon
Shameless Plug:
Posted in Architectural, HDR, Long exposures, Wide Angle on May 15, 2016 by budbranch
Star Trails
Posted in Astrophotography, Composite, interval exposure, Long exposures, sky, Wide Angle on May 14, 2016 by budbranchThese images are composites of multiple frames: 25, 53, 76, and 157, so at 30 seconds per exposure, the images capture 12, 25, 38, and 78 minutes of star movement. I use free software called StarStaX to blend them all together.
An Overview Of Our NM Cabin
Posted in Aerial, DJI Phantom 3, RC Quadcopter with tags aerial, drone, Taos on May 9, 2016 by budbranchTaos Cabin Fly-around from Bud Branch on Vimeo.
This is over 4 minutes long (sorry). We think it nicely describes our new surroundings.
Night Sky
Posted in 5DMII, Astrophotography, interval exposure, Long exposures, sky on May 7, 2016 by budbranchProspecting for Eta Aquarids meteors – none in this frame. Looking southeast, thirty second exposures f/4.0, 17MM ISO 6400. I set the camera up at 10:30 and set a self-timer delay for 3-1/2 hours, so it would start making exposures around 2AM. Mars is low at right.
These next two are consecutive 30 second frames showing an aircraft (given away by the strobing beacon lights), and a satellite that brightened and dimmed during the 60 seconds it took to make these images.
There are meteors in both of these images:
Twin satellites – interesting:
Meteor and aircraft:
As dawn was breaking, a classic Iridium flare, top right:
Taos…
Posted in Aerial, HDR, RC Quadcopter, Wide Angle on May 3, 2016 by budbranch
…from 400′. Taos mountain top right
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